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General Return of the Pennsylvania Forces in New-Jersey

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A General Return of the PENNSYLVANIA Forces in NEW JERSEY, PERTH AMBOY, July 24, 1776, under the Command of Brigadier-General MERCER.
REGIMENTS. OFFICERS PRESENT. Sergeants, present. Drums and Fifes. Rank and File.
Commission. Staff.
Colonels. Lieut˙ Colonels. Majors. Captains. Lieutenants. Ensigns. Chaplains. Adjutants. Quartermasters. Surgeons. Surgeon' s Mates.
Col˙ Miles — first battalion Riflemen - 1 1 6 18 - - - - - - 24 6 409
Col' nel Miles — second battalion Riflemen. 1 1 1 6 17 - 1 1 - - - 20 7 347
Col˙ Alice' s battalion Musketry 1 1 - 8 7 6 - 1 - 1 1 15 15 329
First battalion Philadelphia Associators 1 1 1 6 12 11 - 1 1 - - 24 12 360
Second battal' n Philadelphia Associators 1 1 1 7 16 14 1 1 1 1 1 29 14 339
Third battalion Philadelphia Associators 1 - 2 7 12 11 - 1 1 1 1 26 16 305
Fourth battal' n Philadelphia Associators 1 1 1 7 16 8 - 1 1 - - 28 11 280
Fifth battalion Philadelphia Associators - 1 1 4 13 - - - - - - 17 6 94
Col˙ Montgomery — Chester battalion 1 1 1 6 11 7 - - - - - 19 6 165
Total 7 8 9 57 124 57 2 6 4 3 3 202 93 3,528
Artillery from New Jersey — two companies, six pieces cannon — privates 120
Artillery from Philadelphia — one company, two pieces cannon — privates 50
Total 3,698
One Brigadier-General — the Hon˙ DANIEL ROBERDEAU, Esq.
WHERE STATIONED.
At Newark ferries — two companies, rank and file 122
At Newark — artillery, two pieces — Matrosses 20
At Elizabeth Town and posts adjoining — rank and file 500
At Elizabeth Town — artillery, two pieces — Matrosses 20
At Woodbridge and posts adjoining — rank and file 500
At Woodbridge — artillery, 2 pieces — Matrosses 20
At Amboy and posts adjoining — rank and file 2,406
At Amboy — artillery, four pieces — Matrosses 110
  3,698

HUGH MERCER, Brigadier-General.

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